Google works out ML inference stack for Android

Aimed at mobile-based machine learning, Google has announced what it calls the Android ML Platform. The company describes it as an updateable, fully integrated ML inference stack and its first partner working in this area will be Qualcomm.

This article was posted on Jul 21, 2021

Renesas delivers HD for auto over standard cables and connectors

Renesas has introduced its Automotive HD Link (AHL) technology that enables automotive manufacturers to deliver high-definition video over low-cost cables and connectors that currently support standard-definition video.

This article was posted on Jul 21, 2021

OKdo launches rapid PCB manufacturing and assembly service

OKdo, the SBC and IoT subsidiary of Electrocomponents, has introduced a rapid PCB manufacturing and assembly service.

This article was posted on Jul 20, 2021

UK seeks ITU council seat

The UK is to run for election to the governing council of the UN’s telecoms agency which enables the world’s phone, internet and satellite networks to operate.

This article was posted on Jul 20, 2021

Samsung supplies 49% of smartphone memory market

Samsung supplied almost half the $11.4 billion smartphone memory market in Q1 2021, says Strategy Analytics.

This article was posted on Jul 20, 2021

Gas and particle sensors come to the consumer market

Gas and particle sensors will be a $2.2 billion market in 2026, says Yole Developpement, with the gas sensor market forecast to reach $1.8 billion revenues in 2026 at a 2020-26 CAGR of 10%, and the particle sensor market expected to have a 2020-26 CAGR of 16.3% and expected to reach $407 million in 2026.

This article was posted on Jul 20, 2021

UK SME: Die Devices – supplying bare die to the world

Based in Norfolk, Die Devices is a unique small component distributor and fabless semiconductor company.

This article was posted on Jul 20, 2021

Seraphim Capital targets UK space tech unicorns

Seraphim Capital, a London-based investment group focused on the Space sector, has invested £2 million into two UK companies – Isotropic Systems and Commodities AI – ahead of a space investment trust IPO.

This article was posted on Jul 20, 2021

Nexperia signs Sourcengine

Nexperia has signed a distribution agreement with Sourcengine.

This article was posted on Jul 20, 2021

Tsinghua Unigroup goes bust

Tsinghua Unigroup which owns Yangtze Memory and Unisoc has gone bust.

This article was posted on Jul 20, 2021

USA stalls EU digital tax plan

Last Saturday, the top 20 economies agreed to reform company taxation rules which leaves the EC plans looking redundant.

This article was posted on Jul 20, 2021

Small cell framework for O-RAN networks

The Small Cell Forum (SCF) today unveiled a proposed global framework for hosted Open RAN networks combining the qualities of established and emerging neutral host architectures ranging from site share and Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) to small cells with Citizen Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) and Joint Operator Technical Specifications for Neutral Host In-Building (JOTS NHIB).

This article was posted on Jul 20, 2021

M.2 cards for Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth

U-blox has introduced a pair of M.2 format Wi-Fi and Bluetooth expansion cards that plug into NXP i.MX processor evaluation kits.

This article was posted on Jul 19, 2021

Isolated and non-isolated dc-dc buck converter

STMicroelectronics has created a 5W dc-dc buck converter IC that produces a regulated non-isolated output plus one or more transformer-coupled isolated outputs. The isolated secondary voltage is governed by the transformer turns ratio – no optocoupler is needed.

This article was posted on Jul 19, 2021

Relativity Space announces new factory headquarters

Relativity Space, the company that 3D prints an entire rocket, has announced a major expansion of its operations in Long Beach, California.

This article was posted on Jul 19, 2021

Antenova launches compact 5G antenna for M2M and IoT

Antenova, the Hatfield manufacturer of antennas and RF antenna modules for M2M and the IoT, is announcing a compact high performing antenna for the 5G bands worldwide, including LTE band 74 1420-1520MHz and 617-698MHz.

This article was posted on Jul 19, 2021

Woz joins right-to-repair lobby

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak (pictured) is supporting the right-to-repair movement to which the biggest opponent is Apple.

This article was posted on Jul 19, 2021

Texas project for 6G

A 6G research centre at the University Of Texas has been set up, backed by AT&T, Nvidia, Samsung America, Qualcomm and InterDigital.

This article was posted on Jul 19, 2021

A*Star stacks four wafers

Scientists from the Institute of Microelectronics (IME) at the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) have developed technology that can stack up to four layers of wafers.

This article was posted on Jul 19, 2021

TSMC June revenues 32% up on May

TSMC had Q2 revenues of $13.3 billion – up 20% y-o-y.

This article was posted on Jul 19, 2021

TI creates all-real-time low-latency MCUs for industrial control

TI is aiming at high-speed factory automation and robotics with an all-real-time branch of its Sitara microcontroller family tree.

This article was posted on Jul 19, 2021